Missed last week’s Peak Organic Brewing IPA cask at Taco Mac Decatur? Here’s a second shot. Be at Taco Mac Perimeter on Friday, 6/25 at 5pm. A second will be tapped.
Peak Brewing makes organic beers. Tasty organic beers. Their most Continue Reading →
Peak Brewing makes organic beers. Tasty organic beers. Their most recent release is Summer Session Ale. Peak also has an IPA in their lineup, and a cask of it will tapping this Friday (6/18.) The recipe for this IPA came Continue Reading →
From what I see, the first of Southern Tier Brewing tappings are occurring in Atlanta. If someone else is tapping today too – let me know…. Taco Mac’s in the Atlanta area – particularly Metropolis are adding Southern Tier Continue Reading →
A little over a week after Hoppin Frog’s big launch in Atlanta, 2 more offerings have shipped making a total of 6 available now. The follow up offerings are IPA’s, and are 2 of a 4 IPA’s offered by the Continue Reading →
At 5:55pm today the beer world will be introduced to the worlds LARGEST randall. What is a randall you might ask? The name randall comes from an invention by Dogfish Head Brewery – “Randall The Enamel Animal.” It’s an Continue Reading →
Missed last week’s Peak Organic Brewing IPA cask at Taco Mac Decatur? Here’s a second shot. Be at Taco Mac Perimeter on Friday, 6/25 at 5pm. A second will be tapped.
Peak Brewing makes organic beers. Tasty organic beers. Their most recent release is Summer Session Ale. The recipe for this IPA came from North Shore Brew Club. I like that. Straight from the garage, or back deck. The IPA tapping on Friday a cask conditioned version, poured from the beer engine. Rob Lucente brewer at Peak describes the cask versions to have a bit more of the Amarillo citrus flavor expressed.
Peak Brewing makes organic beers. Tasty organic beers. Their most recent release is Summer Session Ale. Peak also has an IPA in their lineup, and a cask of it will tapping this Friday (6/18.) The recipe for this IPA came from North Shore Brew Club. I like that. Straight from the garage, or back deck. The IPA tapping on Friday a cask conditioned version, poured from the beer engine. Rob Lucente brewer at Peak describes the cask versions to have a bit more of the Amarillo citrus flavor expressed. Fred Crudder, beverage director for Taco Mac will be on hand too for this cask. Feel free to introduce yourself.
A Heavy Seas Loose Cannon cask will be tapped at Thinking Man Tavern in Decatur on 6/18.
Heavy Seas Loose Cannon contains more than 3 lbs of hops per barrel and is hopped 3 times. (Thus the hop cubed in the title.) First hopping is kettle, second the hop back, and finally — dry hopped. If you’re a lover of IPA’s this is one tasty cask to try. What is special about this cask is unknown right now… Here is the usual ingredients in Loose Cannon –
Hops – Simcoe, Centennial, Palisade, Warrior
Malts – Pale Malt
7.2% ABV
Thinking Man Tavern – 6/18, 5pm 537 West Howard Avenue
Decatur, GA 30030-3110
(404) 370-1717
THIS TIME FOR REAL! Coming in a matter of days to Atlanta is 21st Amendment Brewery. 21st Amendment hails from San Francisco, California.
It all started back in 2000 when Nico Freccia and Shaun O’Sullivan got to the business of brewing. The friends met in 1995 in San Francisco. Shaun O’Sullivan, once a paralegal and a photographer went to San Fran to take a job as assistant brewer at Triple Rock Brewery. Nico Freccia — actor, writer, and restaurateur had yet another love — homebrewing. In hopes to promote beer culture in the Los Angeles area, Freccia began writing for the Celebrator Beer News, a popular beer publication in the west. Freccia and O’Sullivan took brewing science classes at UC Davis, and the rest is history.
The name 21st Amendment refers to the amendment to the United States Constitution repealing what I call the dark times — aka Prohibition. Freccia and O’Sullivan examined San Francisco culture prior to Prohibition and found that local neighborhood breweries in San Francisco provided not only a place for hand crafted beer that reflected the culture of the neighborhood to be served, but a place for people to gather, exchange conversations, ideas, politics and philosophies. Prohibition destroyed this. Taking a direct quote from their bio —
“In 1920, Prohibition wiped out this culture and put the “local” out of business. For 13 years, social interaction was largely driven underground, to the speakeasies, where regular citizens became a nation of outlaws. “
So tragic, and true. 21st Amendment Brewery seeks to recapture the essence of those small neighborhood breweries, with a celebrated brewpub in the heart of San Francisco, and amazing craft beer to share.
All of 21st Amendment brews are in cans. The initial offerings in Georgia will only be 2 brews —
Brew Free or Die IPA — IPA, 7% ABV. West coast IPA brewed with Warrior hops, and finished with Columbus and Cascade. Dry hopped with Amarillo, Ahtanum, Simcoe. Malts include 2 Row Pale, and Imported Munich. 70 IBU’s. Best selling beer in the 21st Amendment Pub.
Hell or High Watermelon — Wheat beer, 4.9% ABV. Wheat beer, with secondary fermentation with fresh watermelon. Uses Magnum hops, and 2 Row Pale and American Wheat malts. The watermelon flavor is solely pureed watermelon. No extracts or syrups. Yeast is a top fermenting ale yeast. 17 IBU’s
Monk’s Blood depicted in the image at the top will not be shipping immediately. And be sad readers. It’s freaking delicious. It’s a Belgian Dark Ale with… well, lets talk about it when it finally gets here.
Promo posters are leaking into stores now. Check back here and@AtlBeerMasteron Twitter for up the minute sightings. Here’s your proof it’s on the way – CLICK ME
From what I see, the first of Southern Tier Brewing tappings are occurring in Atlanta. If someone else is tapping today too – let me know…. Taco Mac’s in the Atlanta area – particularly Metropolis are adding Southern Tier additions. Brickstore Pub also.
Today at Taco Mac Metro –
Hop Sun — American Pale Wheat, 4.9% ABV. Sessionable summer wheat ale. Dry hopped pale ale with flavors of wheat, barley, and hops. Lemon zest and sweet malts also find their way in. Refreshing
Iniquity Imperial Black Ale — 8.9% ABV. Called the “Antithesis of Unearthly,” this is a hoppy black ale, much like a black IPA.
Brickstore Pub –
Big Red — Imperial Red Ale, 9.5% ABV. Single hopped w/ Hallertau. Spicy. Malty with sweet undertones.
UnEarthly IPA — Imperial IPA, 9.8% ABV. Imperial IPA with huge hop bill. Southern Tier describes it as aggressive.
A little over a week after Hoppin Frog’s big launch in Atlanta, 2 more offerings have shipped making a total of 6 available now. The follow up offerings are IPA’s, and are 2 of a 4 IPA’s offered by the brewery.
Hoppin to Heaven – IPA, 6.8 ABV. American IPA, that is both spicy and citrusy. Full of American hops to build a solid IPA offering on. Year round brew.
Mean Manalisihi Double IPA – 8.2% ABV. Big time additions of hops make this a big DIPA in both aroma and palette. Caramel malts round out this IPA for a delicious, complex offering by Hoppin Frog.
Availability – 22 oz Bomber bottles. Draft (all though no draft spottings yet.) Year Round. Retail $8-10 per bomber
At 5:55pm today the beer world will be introduced to the worlds LARGEST randall. What is a randall you might ask? The name randall comes from an invention by Dogfish Head Brewery – “Randall The Enamel Animal.” It’s an organoleptic hop transducer module. (Very technical.) The original randall looks a bit like a large plastic cylinder full of hops. The theory behind the randall is a lot like tea. The beer is pour into the randall which is full of whole leaf hops. It passes through the leaf hops like water would through a teabag. The alcohol in the beer pulls the oils off the hops adding extra hop/whole leaf hop character. I’ve referred to it as “raw hopping.” Probably not the most accurate terminology, but its functional. 5 Seasons West’s “Randall” is dubbed “Frnnk Tate” and is actually a big metal tower for the hops to reside. Picture of it here.
What you see pictured above is the upgraded, record breaking Randall. It’s a modified hopper, to be filled full of willamette hops in preparation for the Plan B IPA to be poured in. In order to do this, the keg is going to be placed on the second floor of 5 Seasons, near the sky bar. A hose will run down into the massive Randall, filtered through the willamette hops, and finally into the thirsty beer drinkers glass.
Plan B IPA –
Hops – Simcoe, Centennial, Cascade, Amarillo
Raw Hops – Willamette
Malts – Marris Otter, Crystal 50/70
7% ABV
In addition! There will beer another cask on the regular beer engine – a Belgian IPA. It is dry hopped with Amarillo & Centennial. It’s 9% ABV
Both tap Today – April 1st at 5:55 pm! (PS, this is NO JOKE! Be there at 5:55pm and see for yourself!)
5 Seasons West – 4/1, 5:55pm
1000 Marietta St
Atlanta, GA 30318
Missed last week’s Peak Organic Brewing IPA cask at Taco Mac Decatur? Here’s a second shot. Be at Taco Mac Perimeter on Friday, 6/25 at 5pm. A second will be tapped.
